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| dc.contributor.author | De Villiers, Michael P.
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| dc.contributor.author | Van Heerden, Johan
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-09T05:18:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-12-09T05:18:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Clear air turbulence (CAT) at high altitude remains a hazard to aviation which can result in passenger injury and aircraft damage. Two limited surveys of CAT events over South Africa, 1993-1995 (inclusive) and 1998, are used to illustrate the most likely synoptic conditions under which CAT can be expected. A case study of CAT associated with an upper-air trough and a mountain wave is presented. The study also evaluates the effectiveness of the Ellrod Turbulence Index (ETI) derived from model data provided by the UK Met. Office. A forecast of ETI derived from the Global Spectral Model of the United States National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) is also reviewed. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | hb2016 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1469-8080 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | De Villiers, MP & Van Heerden, J 2001, 'Clear air turbulence over South Africa', Meteorological Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 119-126. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1350-4827 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1469-8080 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1017/S1350482701001104 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58370 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2001 The Zoological Society of London. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Clear air turbulence over South Africa, Meteorological Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 119-126, 2001. doi : 10.1017/S1350482701001104. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1469-8080. | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Clear air turbulence (CAT) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Passenger injury and aircraft damage | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Synoptic conditions | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Ellrod Turbulence Index (ETI) | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Clear air turbulence over South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |
